While exploring the Columbia River in 1811, David Thompson traveled also to the mouth of the Okanogan River. He informed his employer, the Northwest Company, of his find and soon after Fort Okanogan was under construction about a half mile below...

In 1911, in honor of the Centennial discovery of the Okanogan River and the construction of Fort Okanogan in 1811, townspeople and even members of other local communities, traveled to the site where it all began. Among them was Matsura, as...

August 1911, Matsura traveled to the mouth of the Chiliwhist River to photograph the recent construction there of an Indian fish trap. The weir would catch the fall run of salmon. Wooden poles tied together with strips of willow bark formed a wall...

Picturesque Horseshoe Lake provided a recreational area for the people of Riverside, Washington. A town at the mouth of Johnson Creek on the Okanogan River north of both Omak and Okanogan, Riverside became a popular distribution center to an...

On July 3rd, 1911, as prelude to the Fourth of July celebrations, Okanogan invited nearby towns to a centennial flag raising at the site of the original Fort Okanogan Trading Post of the Hudson Bay Company. Among the ceremony's participants were,...

In July 1811, explorer David Thompson happened upon the Okanogan River. The Hudson Bay Company settled at the River's mouth, and built the stockade called Fort Okanogan. On July 3, 1911 people of surrounding towns came together to honor and...

A young cowboy, Frank Fighuski, poses for his portrait in Matsura's Photograph Gallery and Studio on First Avenue, Okanogan. He is wearing Alpaca chaps, and stands with his hands in his pocket, a cigarette held slack on one side of his mouth and...

In early August 1911, Frank Matsura and Mr. Ed Bureau traveled to the mouth of the Chiliwhist River to take photos of the fish trap recently installed there by Native Americans. Placed in various locations along the River, the fish traps caught...

This is the original 1897 site chosen for a town (which would become Okanogan) near the mouth of Salmon Creek. In 1907, the year this picture was taken, two towns--Pogue, Alma--incorporated into one to make Okanogan.

This is the original 1897 site chosen for a town (which would become Okanogan) near the mouth of Salmon Creek. In 1907, the year this picture was taken, two towns--Pogue and Alma--incorporated into one to make Okanogan.